Where does “സംഗണനി” come from?

സംഗണനി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ഗണനി, from Tamil கணினி, from Tamil -இ — ator, -er, -ed, -machine, -inator; added to a verb to produce agent nouns.

സംഗണനി (Malayalam): computer

Definitions

  1. computer

Ancestry of “സംഗണനി”, step by step

സംഗണനി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ഗണനി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഗണനിcomputer
2Tamilகணினிcomputer (device)
3Tamil-இator, -er, -ed, -machine, -inator; added to a verb to produce agent nouns

via Malayalam സംഗണകം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamസംഗണകംcomputer
2Sanskritसङ्गणक—
Every word from Tamil -இ →Every word from Tamil கணினி →Every word from Malayalam ഗണനി →